Ron DeSantis calls out media bias in Tesla crash coverage
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has sharply criticized legacy media outlets for what he describes as selective and biased reporting on vehicle accidents involving Tesla.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis accused media outlets of singling out Tesla in crash coverage, citing a June 19, 2026 Texas crash where data showed the driver, Michael Butler, manually overrode the system and floored the accelerator to 73 mph. Despite Tesla’s data and NTSB confirmation of human error, headlines continued to focus on Tesla’s technology, prompting DeSantis to question selective reporting. Tesla’s 2025 report shows its vehicles using FSD have 0.19 major incidents per million miles, far below the U.S. average.
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